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The Hovercraft industry is set to expand considerably over the next 10 years as new technology makes ownership more affordable. affordable. This report deals with the development of small hovercraft, and how lower pricing is set to raise the profile of personal leisure hovercraft (PLH) and increase sales. Small hovercraft will also appeal to companies and organisations involved in rescue, from water, flooded areas, sand, mud and ice/snow; patrol, commercial use, environmental control. Recent developments will offer significant business opportunities for those able to fully exploit them. This Report explains why personal hovercraft are set to challenge personal watercraft (Jet Skis) and snowmobiles. Hovercraft are true all terrain vehicles, able to travel over any flat surface, ie sand, mud, water, ice, snow, rivers, lakes, grass, tarmac. They have the ability to travel quickly from water to land to water, and for this reason, have wide appeal, particularly with experience ride customers. This report contains a link to a Buyers Guide to explain hovercraft terms and what to look for when purchasing a small hovercraft. The report highlights key potential markets for small hovercraft, and why they will be invaluable for rescue, commercial, environmental survey, military and homeland patrol applications. The report explains who buys mini hovercraft, and why. The report identifies key business opportunities opportunities for affiliates, promoters, resellers and dealers, rental income and OEM sub-assembly manufacturing manufactur ing opportunitie opportunities. s. The report provides access to a calculator to show the huge rental potential for resort operators, corporate event organisers, and explore potential profits, for franchising and financing rental sub operators. The report identifies a major sub manufacturing opportunity to create your own hovercraft from OEM sources using proven designs and ready completed hulls for you to fit engines and options to suit segment market requirements requirements. .
The report offers affiliate and sub affiliate
opportunities opportunit ies for marketing hovercraft, as a niche product. The report will explain how you can promote hovercraft in your spare time from home to create residual income. This report deals with the development of small hovercraft, and how lower pricing is set to expand personal leisure ownership.
Hovercraft Industry – where we are
Hovercraft were first commercial tested in 1957. A number of development developmen t engineers contributed to the design, but the term hovercraft was first patented by Sir Christopher Cockerell. Useful links: Hovercraft - Wikipedia, Sir Christopher Cockerell Small hovercraft
Hovercraft are weight dependent vehicles and in the past, small hovercraft were predominantly designed by enthusiasts who race each other at weekend club events. Having the lightest craft may help win races, but lightweight designs are not suitable for marine leisure applications where safety and durability are crucial. Durable hovercraft are naturally heavier than race hovercraft. Marine leisure vehicles such as PWC (Jet-Skis) need to be easy to use, safe in the marine environment, buoyant, easily transportable, easy to maintain, and have good availability of spare parts. Racing hovercraft are invariably cobbled together with second hand engines and parts from the local scrap yard. Small hovercraft hulls tend to be made from thin glass fibre
- GRP is fine fine for water-based water-based vehicles, vehicles, but not not so
practical for all terrain use where the occasional tree might obstruct one’s path – in such a scenario, glass fibre can disintegrate and generally spoil your day. Glass fibre hull construction takes time, so any manufacturer who wishes to expand production, production , will find this process a handicap, which may restrict company growth potential. New manufacturing materials and processes are now being used, for example the Hov Pod Hovercraft is now manufactured from HDPE (High Density Polyethylene), a material that has a number of key benefits for hovercraft hull construction. The material is impact resistant, very lightweight and extremely buoyant.
HDPE has been used in the
past to manufacture artificial knee joints, F1 Crash Barriers, Ice Hockey Rink Barriers. HDPE makes manufacturing expansion and sales growth possible, to popularise leisure hovercraft for marine leisure enjoyment. Hov Pod originally manufactured hulls from Glass Fibre, but this process is labour intensive, and build time at busy times of the year ultimately led to customer delivery delays. To ensure satisfactory customer delivery times, the manufacturer of the Hov Pod, Reaction International Internatio nal Ltd, took the decision in 2005 to make the significant investment to manufacture Hov Pod hulls from HDPE. The first HDPE hulls started shipping January 2008, and key advantages over rival
hovercraft hulls were strength, impact resistance, buoyancy, and lightweight properties. A main business advantage is their ability to manufacture hovercraft at a much faster rate. Hulls are manufactured in batches of 9, as are sub assemblies. The increase in production capability makes purchase of other component by CAD/CNC processes possible, minimum order restraints usually restrict purchase of CNC parts unless minimum order quantities are reached. Such has been the growth in demand, that bulk order of CNC parts is now possible and greatly improving the performance of the product for everyone’s benefit. CAD design and CNC engineering creates parts to a much tighter engineering tolerance, greatly improving performance, reducing vibration, noise and wear of critical drive components. Exploiting new manufacturing technology has many benefits, for example; MTBF Mean Time before Failure is significantly reduced as a consequence, reducing unnecessary costs shipping replacement spare parts by courier. Of course, customer satisfaction improves, and the product reputation is enhanced. Early development of the Hov Pod relied on organic growth with the usual cash-flow restraints that hinder progress, but recent growth and market domination heralds the promise of affordable small leisure hovercraft for all. Applications & Target Markets
Small hovercraft are very popular with leisure users, and rental users who sell rides. As they are all-terrain craft, they are also invaluable for rescue, commercial, environmental surveys, military and homeland patrol applications. For resellers, there are significant business opportunities for those able to fully exploit them. Compared to personal watercraft (Jet Skis) and snowmobiles, Hovercraft are true all terrain vehicles, able to travel over any flat surface, i.e. sand, mud, water, ice, snow, rivers, lakes, grass, tarmac. Jet Ski users have to contend with tidal restrictions, whereas marine grade personal leisure hovercraft (PLH) can operate at high tide or low tide. Hovercraft have no propellers, so can travel over shallow water areas, without fear of damage from submerged rocks, coral or marine life.
Target Markets
The following types of customers may have an interest in small hovercraft.
Activity Centres Adventure days and corporate activity operators Airports for rescue and bird scaring. Aviation dealers, already selling microlights, ultralights or helicopter helicopters. s. Coastal and Lake property developers. Coastguard Patrol, Police, Military Coastline inspection, homeland security patrol. Corporate Customers (for rental) Corporate event organisers Diving operators, ideal for marine life surveys, wreck location. Environment consultants, surveyors, universities involved in marine research Farmers for flooded ground. Fish and shell fish farmers. Filming companies, before and behind the camera. Fire Departments (Flood, mud, ice rescue) Fishing, hunting applications for getting to places difficult to reach by other vehicles. Goldmine, mining & Aluminium plants. Hotels and resorts. Jet Skiers fed up with tidal restrictions Karting & race Tracks Leisure users Luxury yachts for on board entertainment or to use as super tenders (travel over submerged rocks or coral) Marine surveyors, civil engineers building bridge or other marine based construction projects. Military procurement Mud, ice and flood rescue organisations Oil Exploration. Oil exploration companies operating in shallow water areas. Police and rescue organisations. Promotion and advertising agencies. Resorts and Ride Experience organisers Shellfish farmer SuperYacht Builders & Captains Theme parks Tourism, Tourist Development TV Company, interesting features, talk shows, documentaries. TV Shows
Buying a small hovercraft
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This Buyers Guide explains hovercraft terms and what to look for when purchasing a personal leisure hovercraft. It explains terms such as ploughing-in and getting over the hump. It deals with critical aspects of hovercraft selection, such as on-water starting payloads, type of hovercraft, attributes and potential problems to look out for. Key business opportunities
Affiliate Opportunities (Link) This link highlights how you can promote hovercraft in your spare time from home to create residual income. Reseller & Dealer Opportunities. (Link) This link will highlight reseller and dealer opportunities. According to the PWIA (Personal Watercraft Industry Association) there are more than 1.5 million registered PWC in the USA. Kawasaki began mass production of Jet Skis in 1976. If PLH (Personal Leisure Hovercraft) took just 1% of the PWC market, worldwide sales would provide significant significan t business opportunities for dealers and rental operators. OEM sub assembly manufacturing opportunities. (Link) Link explains OEM manufacturing opportunities. Details how you can manufacture hovercraft to suit specific market applications, fit your own engines and options etc from completed hull assembly. This opportunity will enable companies to meet growing demand for personal leisure and commercial hovercraft to suit a wide number of applications. applicatio ns. The link will identify a major sub manufacturi manufacturing ng opportunity to create your own hovercraft from OEM sources using proven designs and ready completed hulls for you to fit engines and options to suit segment market requirements. Download Free Hovercraft Rental Calculator
Use this hovercraft rental business calculator to identify the huge rental potential for resort operations, corporate events, and explore potential profits, for franchising and financing rental sub operators. Hovercraft-Rental-Business-Calculator
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